The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-17
The Inquiry Into the Case
Against President Bulge.
SOME VERY THIN TESTIMONY,
of Not Guilty and the Jury
So Find.


whose acquittal was chronicled in TIL
HERALD on Sunday morning last.
The United States VS.. William Bulge
unlawful cohabitation.
Henry Sagers, duly sworn for the
plaintiff, testlfies as follows:
Q.-Are you acquainted with the de-
fendant2 Ayes, sir.
Q.-How long have you known him
Al have known him about eighteen
years.
Q.-Where have you known him? A
In Bear Lake.
Q.-What part of Bea- Lake? A.-At
Paris.
Q-Have you at any time during
these eighteen years lived at Paris? A
No. sir.
Cor in that vicinity? Ayes
sir. at place called Liberty.
Q-How far is that from Paris ?
At is about six miles.
Q-How long has it been since you
lived II the town of Liberty or in that
couuty2 Alt has been between
thirteen and fourteen years.
Q-Are you acquainted with his
families? A.-No, sir.
Odd you know at the time you
| lived there and at the time you left
| there in regard to the number of wives
he had, or that he claimed as such?
Objected to as being too remote.
A.-So sir, I don't know.
Odd you know any ladies that
went by his name? Al know one
woman that he had there, his first
wife, l suppose.
Q.-What was her name, if you know ?
Al am not positive; believe it was
Julia.
Q.-Did he have any children at the
time? A.-Yes, sir.
Q.-How many did he have? Al
don't know how many he did have, two
or three.
Q.-Do you know the names of those
children? Al don't know but two.
Q.-What were their names? AR
thur and Julia.
Q.-Did he have any other ladies
there at the time, or ladies who were
known by his manner A.-Not that 1
know Of.
Q-Have you been there at Liberty
and Paris during the last ten or twelve
years? Ayes, sir.
Q.-An6 have seen the defendant
frequently2 A.-Have seen defendant
at his house; saw lady there; don't
know her name; she told me she was
Mrs. Bulge; she lived in the house
under the hill; it is where William
Bulge lived while as at Liberty; did
not notice any children; have had
special appointment as Deputy United
States Marshal the last few years; have
been appointed for Bear Lake made
one attempt to arrest defendant year
ago last July; saw him at the time; did
not arrest him; defendant was going
from the postoffice to his house; | was
in house upon the hill and when |
got to defendants house 1 could not
find him; he got in the house before I
K lew who he was; [ went to the house
and asked the lady if she was Mrs.
Bulge and she SAID yes" asked her
where defendant was and she said he
was not in; did not search and he
and did not find defendant; etaid IN
the house fifteen or twenty minutes;
was in Paris two days on that occasion;
while there did not see any other ladies
defendant claimed as wives.
w. H. Dye sworn, says: | reside at
at Paris; know the defendant; know
where he lives; knew more or less of
Budge's women and some of the chill
dren; don't know the names, of the two
ladies; saw defendant and these two
ladies first in Salt Lake City; that was
when | was a small boy; he brought
them to my fathers Office several times
and introduced them; 1t was twenty
five or thirty years ago; defendant in
troduced and acknowledged them as
wives at the time; saw two ladies at
Paris whom took to be the same ones
l saw in Salt Lake; believe they both
lived in the same house; it was defend
ants house; am somewhat acquainted
with several of Budgets children; don't
know Julia Bulge; Arthur Budge's
name seems familiar; did not renew my
acquaintance with the two ladies while |
at Paris; saw defendant walking round |
the second wife's house with two chill
dren; saw him there several times; |
never saw him in the house; both ladies |
were known as Mrs. Bulge; it was |
common repute in that country that !
defendant had three wives; don't know |
who supported them.
Henry Boulton sworn. sayg-Reside |
at Paris; have lived there for nine
years; am shoemaker; have been I'M
der-sheriff and sheriff there; have |
huOWu uclcIlUdub AOI dUOOG clSALCOA
years; defendant has lived part of tn
time in Providence, Utah, and part in
Bear Lake; know his family; defend
ants wife's name is Julia; know the
names of some of her children; Julia is
the name of the oldest; Miss Annie is
about IS or 10 years old; Jessie is about
8 years old; am not personally &C
quainted with any other lady by the
name of Bulge; know of two houses of
defendant; Mrs. Julia Bulge lives in
one house; don't know who lives in the
other; don't know whether defendant
spends part of his time there; don't
know the lady and children who live in |
the second house; have heard the |
name of Belle Bulge; have seen her;
don't know where she lives; don't
know Lizzie Bulge; have heard her |
SPOKEN of; don't know what relation |
she bears to defendant; know Julia |
Bulge; never met any other ladies by |
the name of Bulge at defendants !
house-except the young ladies; know
8 girl whose name was Rosa Bulge; |
sha 10 ohouf On uoarS did and /